Several dozen people demonstrated outside the Transportation Ministry Monday, demanding that it not allow Taoyuan Aerotropolis planning to proceed to the review stage until the scale of land expropriation for the ambitious project be reduced.

At least 27 flights scheduled to depart from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Thursday morning were delayed after passengers and aircrew were stuck in traffic due to a road expansion project, Taoyuan Airport Corp. said.

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport ranks as the world's fourth best airport for its overall experience, according to a 2016 best airport survey by SleepinginAirports, an international travel website.

The chairman of Taoyuan Metro Corp., which operates the mass rapid transit system that will link Taipei and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, said that his company aims to launch the 35.7-kilometer service by the end of this year.

Neither heart surgery, financial woes or damage to his thousands of national flags will keep a Taoyuan resident from hosting a national flag-raising ceremony on the Republic of China's National Day for the 22nd consecutive year on Monday.

Police officers grab a man attempting to jump off a bridge in Taoyuan on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The police were tipped off by concerned citizens that a man was sitting on the edge of a bridge in the city on the morning of Sept. 27.